Edging or border finish



July 17, 1923.

J. M. MERROW EDGING OR BORDER FINISH 1 Filed Feb. 8, 1922 I v [ma/4972601: I v efoseph MMe-rrow I H65 Atto rneys.

JOSEPH M. IEERROWV, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOE, TO THE IEEREOW MA- CHINE COMPANY, OF HARTFORD. CONNE CTECUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

EDGING OR BORDER FINISH.

Application filed February 8, 1922 T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Josnrrr M. Mnnnow, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Hartford, county of Hartford, State of Connecticut have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Edging or Border Finish; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, and to the characters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to a new and useful ornamental finish adapted for use upon the edge of various materials. It is a new form of shell stitch edge finish comprising a plurality of interlooped threads, several of successive loops penetrating the material at each of separated points along a line defining the inner edge of a margin or border.

These material penetrating loops extend radially on both sides of the material from their respective points of material penetration and are held in such position or arrangement by the threads interlooped therewith, the latter forming a continuous concatenation along the edge of the material while the material penetrating loops form on both sides of the material somewhat fan-shaped clusters, the appearance of the clusters on one side being substantially the same as that of those on the other.

The accompanying drawing, which for the sake of clearness is somewhat diagrammatic, shows both sides of a strip of material having applied along a margin thereof an edging or finish which embodies the characteristics of my invention.

Referring to the drawing, opposite sides of the material are designated by 2 and 3, or for convenience these respective sides may hereinafter be termed upper and under. The edging or finish includes material penetrating thread and thread interlooped therewith which may be applied to the material by any suitable means. The material penetrating thread as 4, on both sides of the ma terial extends back and forth between the points of penetration and the edge of the material, forming successive loops as 5 and 6, the former being on the upper side of the material and the latter on the under side thereof, thereby defining a margin included by the finish, the inner edge of the margin being aligned with and determined by the Serial No. 535,017.

points of material penetration. Threads as 7 and 8, are respectively concatenated with loops 5 and 6, and similarly these threads are continuously connected with each other to form a substantial edge overlying the material edge. According to the character of the material to which this improved finish is applied the resulting edge may be straight or more or less indented.

While, illustrative of the invention, only a finish including three threads is shown, it is distinctly to be understood that a greater number of threads or even two threads may be incorporated in a finish without departure from the broad scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims, the threads in each case being interlooped about a margin of the material and "grouped in shells or clusters. Also attention is particularly directed to the fact that in each case each loop of each thread extends as a loop through but one loop of one other thread, or in other words, each continuous thread extends doublecl through but one loop of one other thread, the latter phrase being more definitive of the appearance of the arrangement of threads in the applied edging inasmuch as some of the loops may show in part only on opposite sides of the base material and are therefore not readily distinguishable as loops.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is 1. An ornamental border for a straight edge margin comprising a plurality of threads interlooped against said straight edge, one of said threads penetrating the material for a plurality of stitches at each of a series of points spaced from the margin, thus forming a succession of clusters, the loops of each cluster radiating from one of said points to said straight edge.

2. An ornamental border including a thread penetrating a material at a distance from. the edge thereof several times successively at each of a series of points and radiating in looped form upon both sides of the material toward said edge, and a series of interlooped threads, certain threads of the series being respectively interlooped with the loops of the first mentioned thread successively upon opposite sides of the material.

3. A reversible ornamental border including a thread penetrating a material at a distance from the edge thereof several times successively at each of a series of points thereby forming clusters and radiating in looped form successively upon the two sides of the material from each of said points toward said edge, and a second thread extending in looped form between the ends of the loops of the first mentioned thread, each thread engaging loop of each thread extending through but one loop of another thread.

4:. An ornamental border including a thread penetrating the material at a distance from the edge thereof several times successively at each one of a series 01"? points thereby forming clusters of loops, said thread 5 radiating-in looped form first on one side and then on the other side of the material from each of said points towards the edge,

and a plurality of additional threads each lying against the edge or margin of the material and each engaging successively each other and said first-mentioned thread.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

JOSEPH M. MERROVV.

Witnesses:

DONALD E. KING, F. E. ANDERSON. 

